Category: Disruptors

Big Tech companies including Amazon, Microsoft and Apple have continued making headway into the healthcare industry through partnerships with health systems and other organizations.

Amazon has been advertising job openings at its various healthcare businesses. Here are nine healthcare-related jobs the tech giant recently posted:

Walgreens partnered with health data company Pluto Health to launch a clinical trial business that aims to eliminate patient recruitment, diversity and enrollment challenges. 

Sesame, a direct-pay digital healthcare marketplace, has raised $27 million in series B funding led by GV, Google’s venture capital arm.

The FDA has cleared a technology that allows Parkinson’s patients to be remotely monitored via their Apple Watches.

Microsoft said it will increase pay transparency and ban most noncompete agreements in a series of moves aimed at improving workplace culture.

Amazon continues to command the cloud computing market, but Microsoft is gaining ground, a June 2 report by IT consultant Gartner found.

Healthcare organizations chose Amazon Web Services over rival cloud computing companies Google and Microsoft for artificial intelligence and machine learning because it was the most mature platform, had good name and brand recognition and came with hig…

A former hospital IT executive has been named head of healthcare compliance for Amazon Web Services.

Apple introduced a new app that helps people track medications and a new smartwatch feature that helps people diagnosed with atrial fibrillation track how frequently their heart rhythm shows signs of the condition.